Twitter's plan to let users restrict tweet replies may curb some harassment, but will allow some users to shut down criticism and will reduce random engagement
This could make the platform less toxic — and less magical — The Twitter “reply guy” — a user, usually male …
OneZero Will Oremus
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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I gave @beccalew the last word on Twitter's test of reply controls, because I think she pretty much nails it here: https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@drewcostley
Drew Costley
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Twitter might allow users to turn off replies to tweets. But you can get around it by quote retweeting, which is what I did earlier when trying to dunk on Twitter's new feature. That's one of the downsides, @WillOremus points out in his latest for @ozm. https://onezero.medium.com…
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@ozm
OneZero
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“The worry I always have in these cases is that they will help insulate the powerful from criticism while not doing enough to curb the continual abuse of the vulnerable.” — @beccalew https://read.medium.com/u3e06tG
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@jason_pontin
Jason Pontin
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Well, this might help. But I often think Twitter is blamed for the general awfulness of modern people en masse - and then asked to offer a design fix. A better social network would have to promote fundamentally different - *better* - social interactions. https://twitter.com/...
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@ozm
OneZero
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“Replies were one of the few places where people from different filter bubbles could routinely mix it up with others who see the world very differently.” https://read.medium.com/VEbY37h
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@theabridgedzach
Zach Weissmueller
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So just turn off replies and block anyone who quote-tweets you, and you'll never have your brilliant ideas publicly challenged ever again. Paradise! https://onezero.medium.com/...
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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A for effort here https://twitter.com/...
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@mattnavarra
@mattnavarra
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“More worrying than the possibility that reply controls won't work is the possibility that they'll work too well for the wrong people.” https://onezero.medium.com/...
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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The risk here is that Twitter limiting replies also undermines the features that make it special—the chance for a nobody to be heard by a somebody, or for a somebody who's full of BS to get called on it in a way that rarely happens anywhere else. https://onezero.medium.com/... ht…
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@jhweissmann
Jordan Weissmann
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It's unfortunate that Twitter's best idea yet for stopping harassment will also make it harder to dunk on the president. https://onezero.medium.com/...
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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Twitter is testing a new feature that lets you limit who can reply to your tweets. This is very good news for the many users, particularly women and people of color, who can't tweet without triggering a cascade of harassing and condescending “reply guys.” https://blog.twitter.com…
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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Say goodbye to the reply guys, and hello to the yes men. I wrote about how Twitter's new test could make it less of a “hellpit”—unless your version of hell involves powerful people spouting nonsense and not being allowed to point out that they're wrong. https://onezero.medium.com…
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@jack
@jack
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Starting to test reply controls today. May enable some new use cases like panel discussions or more focused live Q&As. Or just a “don't @me” that actually works. (we'll be watching for the negative impacts too) https://twitter.com/...